Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-20

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= bound 20 be q dearth Of hons. and
that our hops are certain 70 b hirh,
Ine TACT l.. there had got 70 Be TOO
laFgs an acreage. IN the first place.
then, IN the second place. IL IL demon.
strated beyond question that we Of
Warrington Territory (how hate the
l1ea That must yet write g Territory -
instead OF plain Washington. as A
staieD are formidable Competitors with
ana are crowding the old hop districts
awtully, and 70 some extent crowd
ing them out; that while we have been
making money, they have been losing
that while our qualities have improved,
theirs have deteriorated.
| These things all tell in our favor. and
u We viii be discreet and not 20 too
fast, we viii have made a permanent
advance and gained a foothold that il
VIII be hard 20 dislodge as from. But.
nevertheless, / say Be careful; do not
90 into Out-Of-the-way places inacees-
sibie 70 pickers and market facilities to
plant hops, or upon unsuitable and
untried grounds; for, as sure as fate,
II you do you viii lose.
The fact is that the English crop was
50 large. the quality so low, that fright
ful loss was inflicted upon the English
hop-groEer this year. and no money
was made last year, either This same
correspondent, in his previous letter, a
fortnight ago, noted sales to specula-
tors OF eighteen thousand bales Of low
grades at an average Of less than four
cents per pound. Mind you, English
hops cost 70 produce from 10 to p
cents per pound, whether good quality
or not, and not eight 10 nine cents, as
with as.
We raised nearly or quite four nail
lion pounds Of hops last year, though
the universal cry was that the crop
was short in consequence Of the dry
season. | doubt not but we viii grow
i've millions this year, and perhaps
more. The distant reader can hardly
believe It when say that upon the hop
acreage yet implanted we will doubt
less average ten to twelve and possibly
fifteen hundred pounds per acre this
year. have raised q ton per acre the
FIRST year. II is not an uncommon
thing to do that
II is estimated that not less than q
1 quarter OF a million pounds OF the in
coming hop crop Of Washington flet
US drop the Territory part, whether
we are admitted as a State or not) has
been already contracted to be delivered
at the various shipping places within
| our borders. at Is cents per pound. al
though At this writing March 17th)
not n hop-pole is set, hill grubbed OF
a furrow run. This could not be, were
il not for the certainty Of our crop.
For twenty years, now, We have cult
waited hops and harvested twenty crops,
with very slight variation Of yield and
scarcely an Appreciable difference in
quality, except that the quality has
\ gradually improved, and. for aught we
can see, we may reasonably expect this
\ immunity from disease to continue for
twenty or twice twenty years more.
certainly do not approve OF the selling
before raising a crop. for reasons set
out in a previous number OF these
Talks" but cannot help feel proud
OF the cause that makes such trSnsac-
tons possible.
Not long ago saw q mother Of ma
ture age spanking a small child. The
sight made my blood boil with indig
! nation. The parents that will infiict
corporal punishment ought TO have the
| same measure OF punishment inflicted
upon themselves. to let them see how
/ il feels. The indignity upon the per-
I
/ the child. sours its temper, and leaves
lurking desire for revenge coupled
with the practice Of a cunning and de-
ceit for eluding authority that grows,
and finally becomes = fixed and vicious
habit. VIII you tell me that the child
cannot be governed without corporal
! punishment | answer that from ex-
| perience know better. II any parent.
| laboring under compunctions OF con-
| science, sincerely wants 10 know how
l 70 get out OF this miserable practice
and not spoil the child, either, let him
or her write me and | will tell them
how. Nine times out OF ten, when a
child is punished. Il Is the result OF the
| impotence, or, more properly speak
| ing, the III nature OF the parent
! Love coupled with firmness will 60
farther in conquering a child than all
the hazel switches OF Christendom.
This little child cried as il its heart
was broken: then came fash of de-
fiance out OF the eve, pout Of the lip.
a grimace that, il Il had not had a Sc
rious side, would have been comical in
the extreme. and the mother actually
laughed and the child was triumphant
and had its own way at last.
When the papers came to hand. last
Sunday morning. | passed the Posi-
lNrELLfoENCER across the breakfast
table 10 Jane and busted myself with
other mail. Pretty soon, looking over
her spectacles, she said;
What in the world did you print
that piece for about our going up Pa
cihe Avenue reading the signs? You
will make the people believe we are
two old gawks, sure enough"
/ AZ
Jane knows, or thinks she knows, what
is going into the next number" and
1 criticises sometimes Just 50 sharp that,
/ in spite Of myself. | will vince little,
/ but, after all. as q general rule, she is
about right. But that little piece"
was somehow missing At the time she
| thought she knew about the next
/ number" | knew II she saw IL, thst
il would be squelched, a. also would
/ this writing. and so she did not see it.
A little quiet piece Of fun does no
I body any harm, and | hope | may
never be so old as TO cease u enjoy IL
but We ought 90 be careful and not
carry it too far. once knew q couple
fail out and quarrel. and finally
part, all originating in joking Well,
| Jane and have tugged together thirty
/ six years and are pretty well acquaint-
| ed and will bear good deal from each
I other, still | would not presume too
I far. II | could get the ear OF the
Young married men. ! would say Be
I careful about your iestsng with your
wives" Many = dart Of pain has gone
I home 10 the heart Of young wife that
/ was not intended in earnest. though IL
wounded all the same. II il entirely
more difficult 90 heal 5 wound than TO
/ abstain from inflicting one.
EINA. W. T.. March S. 1887.
Ma. r. MEEKER Dear Sir--I write
/ 20 ask information regarding the sugar
I beet, 70 which you have given some
attention. | have bought one Of the
/ best farms in this valley and thought
/ | would raise few OF those heets 10
give them = trial. / don't think they
[ have been tried here.
wish 20 know what kind ~ seed
should plant. and what kind OF soil is
/ best adapted to them. And Is there
/ anv prospect Of there being a factory
4 in this Territory soonp
shall raise hops principally. but viii
nut in some heets II there il ANYTHING